In Term 1, the children learnt how self-portraits can be created digitally on iPads. These works were created using the art app Art Studio. Firstly, the children took photos of themselves. These photos were imported into the app and a “layer” created over the top of the image. The children drew on this “layer” until they had completed their drawing with thin black line. The photo is then deleted and their tracing drawing remains. The process is then repeated with their line drawing imported and a “layer” is added over the top of this image. The children then colour using a range of brushes, paints, pens, and spray effects.

This is work from the first two or three lessons; most are not finished as the children want to keep working on them.

The NGV presents a major solo exhibition of one of the most influential living artists, David Hockney: Current. The exhibition, curated by the NGV in collaboration with David Hockney and his studio, features over 1200 works from the past decade of the artist’s career – some new and many never-before-seen in Australia – including paintings, digital drawings, photography and video works.

Stand before a huge image of Yosemite by David Hockney and see the artist’s rendition of wispy clouds hovering over midnight blue mountains. Look closer and see strokes drawn by a stylus on an iPad, and pixels from an inkjet printer.

Mr. Hockney uses the Brushes app, a stylus and a digital inkjet printer that takes 20 minutes to print each large page. He’s known for drawing and painting outdoors, and the iPad has simplified that process. It has also raised questions among critics about whether iPad drawings qualify as art.

In Term 4 we will be looking at the artist Keith Haring, an American artist from the early 1980’s.

Art Teacher, Kelly McFadzen, from Singapore American School – elementary (primary) made this video. A lesson she did with her Grade 5 students on their iPads. Their School would like to do an collaboration and art exchange with our School.

Tricia Fuglestad, is the K-5 art teacher at Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights, IL. She is the NAEA Western Region Elementary Art Teacher of the Year 2013, was honored with a Teacher of Distinction Title from the Golden Apple Foundation in 2012.

This past summer, I came across Ophelia, the fanciful octopus depicted here, at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. The Alaska SeaLife Center is dedicated to marine research, education, and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation.Ophelia was created from ocean trash by students from Kodiak High School using debris from a local coastal cleanup. Viewi […]

One of the things we love about New Mexico is the diversity of art and cultures. Driving around you never know what you might find. We were interested in going to El Rito, a tiny town not far from Georgia O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, to search out a famouns restaurant and an outsider art installation. Most everything is on the two-lane road that goe […]

Tres Culturas: Exploring the Artistic Spirit of Santa Fe & TaosSanta Fe and Taos, New MexicoEvent Date: 07/22/18 - 07/29/18Stevie Mack and I invite you to join us and SchoolArts Magazine in Santa Fe and Taos in July. Experience the spectacular scenery of New Mexico and learn about the rich history and artistic vitality of the Native American, Anglo, and […]

This weekend my husband and I drove up to just across the border from New Mexico into Colorado, to Antonito and discovered Cano's Castle, just off the highway. I found in in Things to Do on TripAdvisor and definitely wanted to see it.We easily found it as you can see the two towers from the highway. We got out to take photos and after a time, Cano himse […]

“A student’s style, emotion, and opinion form that student’s voice.”The Open Art Room, Melissa Purtee and Ian SandsHow can we give our students more choices to find and express their individual voices through their art? And where can you find guidance to bring this about in your art room? Davis Publications, the parent of SchoolArts Magazine, has just publis […]

A look at this week's art news, including a series of artist-designed commemorative covers for "New York" magazine that are taking the form of a public art exhibition, and events and exhibitions from New York to Tasmania.

If you don’t have video in your content mix, you’re missing out. It’s simpler to make than ever, and people really want to see it. (A 2014 Levels Beyond survey found that 51% of millennials would rather watch a video than read.) Now is definitely the time to dive in. But we know you might ...

Paper and scissors can be used to combine and collage images, and there are a myriad of apps that allow you to cut and paste digital pictures together too. Here’s a spin on these familiar techniques in the form of a creative challenge for students. During a lesson that focused on composition a...

In my workshops, or the classroom, we often explore new tools and make short experimental clips with video. It’s important work because of the process, but the finished products are often small or ‘informal’, like the wonderful wave rider below. At times we want to ke...

Here’s a few shots from some lessons in my Year 8 classes as we learned about the expressive qualities of light and line by using a wire sculpture, collaboration and our technology. Let’s kick it off with some images of the students using their devices to take some photographs of a sculp...